Abstract:
:DNA methylation alterations are now widely recognized as a contributing factor in human tumorigenesis. A significant number of tumor suppressor genes are transcriptionally silenced by promoter hypermethylation, and recent research implicates alterations in chromatin structure as the mechanistic basis for this repression. The enzymes responsible for catalyzing DNA-cytosine methylation, as well as the proteins involved in interpreting the DNA methylation signal, have now been elucidated. Technological advances, including gene expression microarrays and genome scanning techniques, have allowed the comprehensive measurement of DNA methylation changes in human cancers. An important distinction between DNA methylation (epigenetic) and mutation or deletion (genetic) tumor suppressor gene inactivation is that epigenetic inactivation can be abrogated by small molecules, including DNA methyltransferase and histone deacetylase inhibitors. Further, strategies have been developed that combine treatments with drugs that reactivate silenced gene expression with secondary agents that target the re-expressed genes and/or reconstituted signal transduction pathways. In this review, we will discuss in detail the mechanisms of gene silencing by DNA methylation, the techniques used to decipher the complement of methylation-inactivated genes in human cancers, and current and future strategies for reactivating the expression of methylation-silenced genes.
journal_name
Oncogenejournal_title
Oncogeneauthors
Karpf AR,Jones DAdoi
10.1038/sj.onc.1205602subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-08-12 00:00:00pages
5496-503issue
35eissn
0950-9232issn
1476-5594journal_volume
21pub_type
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